Beam rest



W.y IMBT BEAM REST oct. 27, 192s.

Filed July l, 1924 Il lll/11,11.-

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ITYUIMEYS WITNESSES A* Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM IMBT, OF EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BEAM REST.

Application led July 1, 1924.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM IM'r, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of East Stroudsburg, in the county of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Beam Rest, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to a beam rest for use in removing beams from warping machines particularly such as used in broad silk manufacture, whereby when the beam is filled and ready to be removed from the warper, said beam may be removed with facility.

The general object of my invention is to provide a beam rest which may be emplaced beneath the filled beam and supported on the frame of the warping machine and caused to function to lift the weight of the beam from the bearings, thus enabling the beam to be removed without danger of bending the beam shaft.

The nature of my invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a beam rest embodying my invention, showingthe same emplaced on a warping machine, the beam and other portions of which are shown diagrammatically Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section as indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 3;

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section as indicated by the line 3 3 in Figure 2.

In the illustrated example of my invention the letter `A indicates frame bars of a warping machine; B, the warp beam; C, the gearing assemblage at one end of the warp beam; and D, the bearing at the opposite end of the beam.

In accordance with my invention I provide a frame l0 comprising a box-like body depending from a top bar 11 preferably U-shaped in cross section, said body having in the present instance anges 12 held to the bar 11 by screws 13 or the like. A curved yoke 14 is provided and disposed above the bar 11. Said yoke 14 presents a concave seat for the filled beam B as will be clear from Figures 1 and 2. De-

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pending from the yoke 14 are rack bars 15 which pass downwardly through a slot 16 in the top bar 11 and through the boxlike body of frame 10, the lower ends of the rack bars passing freely through vertical slots 17 in the bottom of frame 10.

In order to operate the rack bars 15, use is made in the illustrated example of pinions 18, 19 meshing with each other and with said rack bars. The one pinion as 18 has a square shaft 20 adapted to receive a crank handle (not shown) for turning the pinions, and the other pinion 19 has integral therewith a ratchet wheel 21 adapted to be engaged by a spring pressed pawl 22.

With the described construction when the beam B is filled, the top bar 11 of the beam rest is seated on the frame bars A and the yoke 14 positioned beneath said beam B. It will be observed from Figure 2 that the top bar 11 near the ends outside of the boxlike body 10 has concave depressions 23 to conform to the round cross sections of the frame bars A. With the top bar 11 seated on the frame bars A the body 10 will be disposed between the frame bars A and the yoke 14, above said top bar. The pinions 18 are now turned to raise the racks 15 and the yoke 14 so that the said yoke takes the weight of the filled beam B. The bearing assemblage C at one end of the beam is now shifted. The beam is now free to be raised by the beam rest. In thus raising the beam through the medium of the beam rest no strain is exerted on the beam shaft such as would likely cause bending of the same.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a beam rest for use in removing beams from warping machines, a frame having members adapted to rest on the frame bars of a warping machine, a yoke adapted to be disposed beneath the warp beam and mounted in said frame to be raised or lowered, and means to raise said yoke for throwing the weight of the beam on the yoke.

2. In a beam rest for use in removing beams from warping machines, a yoke adapted to support the beam, means to Support said yoke on the frame members of a warping machine, and means on said supporting means and engaging said yoke to raise the yoke relatively to the supporting means.

3. In a device for use in removing beams from warping machines, a frame having a transverse top bar adapted to rest on the frame bars oif the warping machine, said frame having a depending box-like portion adapted to be disposed between said frame bars, a yoke disposed above said top bar, rack bars depending from the yoke and having guided movement in said frame, and

bars and the yoke.

WILLIAM IMBTq 

